Letter 100 — C
Original French
Le 15 juin 1807.
Mon amie, je t’ai expédié hier Moustache avec la nouvelle de la bataille de Friedland. Depuis, j’ai continué à poursuivre l’ennemi. Kœnigsberg, qui est une ville de 80 000 âmes, est en mon pouvoir. J’y ai bien trouvé des canons, beaucoup de magasins et enfin plus de 60 000 fusils venant d’Angleterre. Adieu, mon amie, ma santé est parfaite, quoique je sois enrhumé par la pluie et le froid du bivouac. Sois contente et gaie. Tout à toi.
Musean translation
Machine-assisted Musean English translated from the French of the 172 Napoleon letters selected from Tancrède Martel, ed., Œuvres littéraires de Napoléon Bonaparte, tome 1 (Albert Savine, Paris, 1888). French Wikisource contributors supplied the scan-backed transcription: https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Livre:Bonaparte_-_Œuvres_littéraires,_tome_1,_1888.djvu (page histories credit contributors). The transcription is CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; this adapted text and translations are shared under the same license. Extraction removes markup and editorial notes; selected transcription repairs were checked against print images.
June 15, 1807.
My dear friend, yesterday I sent Moustache to you with news of the battle of Friedland. Since then, I have continued to pursue the enemy. Königsberg, a city of 80,000 souls, is in my power. I found cannon there, a great many stores, and finally more than 60,000 muskets from England. Farewell, my dear friend, my health is perfect, though I have caught cold from the rain and the cold of bivouac. Be contented and cheerful. Wholly yours.
Plain English translation
Independent machine-assisted Plain English translation from the 1888 Martel French edition, not a historical English translation. French Wikisource contributors supplied the scan-backed transcription: https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Livre:Bonaparte_-_Œuvres_littéraires,_tome_1,_1888.djvu (page histories credit contributors). The adapted transcription and translation are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Extraction removes markup and editorial notes and makes documented transcription repairs. French-source model review is not human specialist certification or a complete scan collation.
June 15, 1807.
Yesterday, my friend, I dispatched Moustache to bring you news of Friedland's battle. I have kept up the pursuit of the enemy since then. Königsberg, a city with 80,000 inhabitants, is now mine. There I found guns, many stores, and over 60,000 muskets from England. Farewell, my friend. My health is perfect, though the rain and cold of the bivouac have given me a cold. Be content and cheerful. All yours.
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Letter 100 — C is part of Letters to Josephine by Napoléon Bonaparte. This page sets the French original beside 2 direct-source translations, so any line can be checked against the source. It is part 100 of 172 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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